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SQL Questions and Answers

### Questions and Answers ###

1. Retrieve all columns from the `emp` table.

**Solution:**

SELECT * FROM emp;

2. Retrieve all columns from the `dept` table.

**Solution:**

SELECT * FROM dept;

3. Fetch details of the employee with `empno` equal to 7900.

**Solution:**

SELECT * FROM emp WHERE empno = 7900;

4. List all employees from the `emp` table ordered by their salary in ascending order.

**Solution:**

SELECT * FROM emp ORDER BY sal;

5. List all employees from the `emp` table ordered by their salary in descending order.

**Solution:**

SELECT * FROM emp ORDER BY sal DESC;

6. List all employees from department number 20, ordered by their salary in descending order.

**Solution:**
SELECT * FROM emp WHERE deptno = 20 ORDER BY sal DESC;

7. Retrieve all employees ordered by their department number and salary in descending order.

**Solution:**

SELECT * FROM emp ORDER BY deptno, sal DESC;

8. Order employees based on the 6th and 8th column in the table.

**Solution:**

SELECT * FROM emp ORDER BY 6, 8;

9. Find the number of employees in each department.

**Solution:**

SELECT deptno, COUNT(*) AS no_of_emp FROM emp GROUP BY deptno;

10. Retrieve the job roles and department numbers with their employee counts.

**Solution:**

SELECT job, deptno, COUNT(*) FROM emp GROUP BY job, deptno;

...

46. Retrieve the department with the maximum number of employees.

**Solution:**

SELECT deptno

FROM emp e1

WHERE (SELECT COUNT(*)

FROM emp e2

WHERE e1.deptno = e2.deptno) = (SELECT MAX(employee_count)


FROM (SELECT deptno, COUNT(*) AS employee_count

FROM emp

GROUP BY deptno) dept_counts);

47. List employees whose salaries are greater than the salary of at least one employee in

department 30.

**Solution:**

SELECT *

FROM emp e

WHERE sal > ANY (SELECT sal

FROM emp

WHERE deptno = 30);

48. Find employees whose salaries are greater than all other employees in the same department.

**Solution:**

SELECT *

FROM emp e1

WHERE sal > ALL (SELECT sal

FROM emp e2

WHERE e1.deptno = e2.deptno

AND e1.empno <> e2.empno);

49. Find the department with the highest average salary.

**Solution:**

SELECT deptno

FROM emp e1

GROUP BY deptno
HAVING AVG(sal) = (SELECT MAX(avg_sal)

FROM (SELECT AVG(sal) AS avg_sal

FROM emp

GROUP BY deptno) avg_salaries);

50. List employees who earn more than the average salary across all employees with the same job

and are in department 10.

**Solution:**

SELECT *

FROM emp e

WHERE deptno = 10

AND sal > (SELECT AVG(sal)

FROM emp

WHERE job = e.job);

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